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39th year  -  N° 136                 Wednesday, 15 May 2024         Antwerpen		
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Friday 12th of December 1777

247 years ago



Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet Albrecht von Haller aka The Father of Modern Physiology dies of excessive opium abuse at the age of 69 in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.


von Haller supported his failing strength by means of opium since 1973.